Manuscripts

Correspondence and Records

Description: Correspondence to and from Norman Chandler, Bert Tiffany, Otis Chandler, John Popham, Ray Marx, and other Circulation Department executives. Also, circulation statistics, memoranda, reports, and Christmas cards with photographs and names of Circulation Department employees. Date range is 1936-1988.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1936-1988
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Circulation dealers

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4 items: memos related to LAT circulation dealers, thjree from Bert Tiffany, Director of Circulation, and one from Robert D. Nelson, VP and Gen. Mgr. of LAT.

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Approx. 40 items: collection of memos, reports, clips and other material filed by Stickell's office relating to circulation plans and operations. Major items include: 29-pp. stapled, "Circulation growth recommendations - a report prepared for Vance Stickell, Executive Vice President, Marketing by The Circulation Growth Committee" (5/14/1982) ; 9-pp. memo titled "Distribution System," from Bert Tiffany on 9/12/1978 ;6-pp. memo (plus attachaments) titled "Circulation Growth" from Tiffany dated 11/22/1985 ; more.

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Departments - Circulation - Personnel

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: approx. 20 "Management Bulletin(s)," 1983-1989, over the signatures of Don Wright, Tom Johnson, Jim Boswell and Dick Schlosberg, the bulletins deal with promotions, transfers and organizational changes within Circulation Department, usually including some professional information on the individuals involved; 3 memos from Bert Tiffany to Circulation Account Clerks (1978-1979) on jobs being phased out by a computerized system, explaining that LAT would try to relocate personnel and/or offer a bonus to stay until the changeover.

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Correspondence - Otis Chandler (2 of 2)

Manuscripts

120+ items: letters, memos, reports, charts and other material, much of it to or from the office of Otis Chandler in the period 1957 - 1971 and dealing with aspects of circulation. Correspondents include John Popham and Ray Marx. Split into two folders.

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Correspondence - Otis Chandler (1 of 2)

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Executives and Directors

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: LAT article copies, 1940 - 1971, detailing promotions, elections and hirings of executives. Among the prominent names: Otis Chandler, Norman Chandler, Dorothy B. Chandler; Otis Booth, Jr., Walter Annenberg, Harold Brown (Caltech).

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